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Friday, November 09, 2012

Today I would usually be posting over on The Blood Red Pencil, but I
invited another blogger to post about a most fascinating project.

Roseanne Rini, one of the editors with Story
Circle Network, has thirty-five
years of experience teaching college English and Women's Studies and a special
interest in women's diaries and memoirs.

Her post today is
about a book called Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49, about a program in Great Britain back during the time of WWII.
Housewives were asked to keep a diary and send in their entries to a social
research program. Nella Last did that, diligently. She was, in fact, the only
one who continued to send in her posts for longer than two years. She sent
entries in for almost 30 years.

The story of Nella and the Mass Observation
social research program is fascinating.

I hope you'll link over and read Roseanne Rini's
post. If you're like me, you'll be wanting to buy the book called Nella
Last's War.

Angel Sometimes by Helen Ginger

Angel Sometimes

Helen Ginger

Helen is the author of five books: three non-fiction, a short story anthology and a contemporary fiction, Angel Sometimes. She maintains an informational and interactive blog for writers and a weekly e-newsletter that has been going out to subscribers around the globe for thirteen years. She is an owner-partner and Women’s Marketing Director for Legends In Our Own Minds®, which specializes in creative networking opportunities for companies and groups.